Apparatus for supplying liquid to wool fiber.



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WILLIAM J. MURRAY, OF BRISTOL, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING LIQUID TO WOOL FIBER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM J. MURRAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristol, in the county of Bucks and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Supplying Liquid to 001 Fiber, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in apparatus for supplying liquid to wool fiber, and more particularly to an improved distributing trough, and improved means for supplying liquid such as heavy oil to the trough, and locate the trough in position over the gill box, where the wool fiber will wipe against the lower face of the trough and carry with it a thin coating of the liquid, the capillary attraction of the wool servigg to uniformly impregnate it with the liqui A further object is to provide improved means for maintaining a uniform supply of liquid ready for instant use.

A further object is to provide an improved spreader having an improved arrangement of perforations staggered so as to insure a uniform spreading of the liquid to the fiber.

A further object is to provide an apparatus of this kind which embodies features of advantage and improvements on the structure disclosed in Patent No. 927,998, granted to me July 13, 1909.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawingsiFigure 1, is a view in sectional elevation illustrating my improvements. Fig. 2, is an enlarged view in elevation showing the spreader and its cotiperating parts. Fig. 3, is a horizontal section on a reduced scale showing the connection between the belt shifting mechanism and the liquid fuel controlling mechanism. Fig. 4, is a view in section on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, is a view in section on the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6, is a fragmentary view in section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4. Fig. 7, is a fragmentary top plan view of the distributing trough, and Fig. 8, is a view in section of Fig. 7

1, represents the frame of an ordinary gill box having any suitable means (not shown) for drawing the wool fiber through the box,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. February 6, 1911.

Patented May 2, 1911. Serial No. 606,757.

and movable in a plane to contact with the lower edge of my improved spreader 2, which will be hereinafter described.

3, is a distributing box for oil or emulsion which is located transversely above the gill box, and is provided with a plurality of cocks 4. Each cock is provided with an arm 5 which is connected by a link 6 with an arm 7, on a crank shaft 8, the latter supported in posts 13 projecting above the box 3. On one end of this shaft 8, a crank arm 9 is secured and is connected by a link 10 with a bell-crank-lever 11, the other end of said bell-crank-lever being connected with a belt shifting bar 12, which as shown in Fig. 3, is connected by a bell-crankdever 14 with a transverse rod 15, the latter having a belt shifting frame 16 at one end. The purpose of this is to compel the cocks to be opened when the machine is in operation, and to be closed when the machine is stopped, said starting and stopping being controlled by the belt shifting mechanism above described.

17 represents a tank which is supported at any suitable elevation above the box 3, and is supplied from a barrel or other reservoir 18 by means of a pipe 19, a float valve 20 being provided in tank 17 to maintain a uniform level therein.

21, is a pipe which connects tank 17 with one end of box 3, said pipe extending to the floor and then transversely along the floor before it ascends to the box 3. This is done to permit the operator to move freely about the machine as often there is not suflicient head room in the factory to allow a pipe to run direct from tank 17 to the box 3. The pipe 21 may be extended as shown at 21* to supply other machines (not shown).

My improved spreader comprises a bar 22 fixed at its ends to brackets 23 connected with the box 3. This bar 22 is made with integral depending guide arms 24 between which the wool passes in contact with the lower edge of bar 22. This lower edge of bar 22 is recessed as shown most clearly in Figs. 4, and 5, for the reception of a spreader bar 25. This spreader bar 25 has a longitudinal trough-like recess 26 in its upper face with which two parallel series of perforations 27 communicate, and extend through the bottom of the bars 25.

Vertical ducts 28 in spreader 22 communicate with the recess 26 and extend to the upper face of the bar in line with the cooks 4, so that the latter drop the oil through the said ducts 28, into the recess 26, filling the latter and from which the oil is drawn through the openings or perforations 2'7 by the wool rubbing against the under face of the spreader.

It will be noted particularly by reference to Fig. 7, that the perforations 27 are staggered or out of alinement. In other words, the perforations of one line register with points midway between the perforations of the other line, and hence the entire area of the spreader furnishes oil to the wool passing beneath, compelling every particle of the wool to receive its even proportion of the liquid.

The bar 25 may be secured in its recess in various ways, and I have shown rivets 29 for the purpose.

In operation, therefore, when the belt is shifted to start the machine, the several cocks are opened and the oil finds its way to the wool passing below the spreader. This flow of the wool is controlled by means of screw-threaded plugs 30 screwed through the upper portion of the box 3, and having beveled lower ends to fit beveled entrances in the cocks 4, and hence regulate the flow through said cocks when the latter are opened.

Various slight changes might be made in the general form and arrangement of parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with means for supplying liquid, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a longitudinal trough-like recess in its upper face, said bar having perforations in its bottom registering with the recess in its top, and oil supply ducts in said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, substantially as described.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with means for supplying liquid, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a longitudinal trough-like recess in its upper face, said bar having perforations in its bottom registering with the recess in its top, oil supply ducts in said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, and cocks positioned above said ducts, substantially as described.

3. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with means for supplying liquid, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a longitudinal trough-like recess in its upper face, said bar having parallel lines of perforations in its bottom communicating with the recess in its top, the perforations of one series out of register with the perforations of the other series, whereby the entire area of wool passingbelow the spreader will come in contact with the oil in the spreader, and oil supply ducts in the said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus of the character de scribed, the combination with means for supplying liquid, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a. longitudinal trough-like recess in its upper face, said bar having parallel lines of perforations in its bottom communicating with the recess in its top, the perforations of one series out of register with the perforations of the other series, whereby the entire area of wool passing below the spreader will come in contact with the oil in the spreader, oil supply ducts in the said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, and cocks positioned above said ducts, substantially as described.

5. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a supply reservoir, a tank, a pipe connecting said reservoir and tank, a box, a pipe connecting the tank and box, a plurality of cocks communicating with said box, and means for simultaneously opening and closing said cocks, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a longitudinal troughlike recess in its upper face, said bar having perforations in its bottom, registering with the recess in its top, and oil supplyducts in the said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, and located below said cocks, substantially as described.

6. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a supply reservoir, a tank, a pipe connecting said reservoir and tank, a box, a pipe connecting the tank and box, a plurality of cocks communicating with said box, and means for simultaneously opening and closing said cocks, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a longitudinal troughlike recess in its upper face, said bar having parallel lines of perforations in its hottom communicating with the recess in its top, the perforations of one series out of register wit-h the perforations of the other series, whereby the entire area of wool passing below the spreader will come in contact with the oil in the spreader, and oil supply ducts in the said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, and located be low said cocks, substantially as described.

7. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a supply reservoir, a tank, a pipe connecting said reservoir and tank, a box, a pipe connecting the tank and box, a pluralityof cocks communieating with said box, and means for simultaneously opening and closing said cocks, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a longitudinal troughlike recess in its upper face, said bar having perforations in its bottom, registering with the recess in its top, and oil supply ducts in the said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, and located below said cocks, a shaft supported above said box, crank arms on said shaft, links connecting the crank arms with the operating arms of the cocks, means for turning said shaft to simultaneously open and close the cooks, and plugs screwed through said box and regulating the passage through the cocks, substantially as described.

8. In an apparatus of the character described, the combination with a supply res- &

ervoir, a tank, a pipe connecting said reservoir and tank, a box, a pipe connecting the tank and box, a plurality of cocks communieating with said box, and means for simultaneously opening and closing said cocks, of a spreader comprising a casting having a longitudinal recess in its lower face, a spreader bar secured in the recess in the casting and having a longitudinal trough-like recess in its upper face, said bar having parallel lines of perforations in its bottom communicating with the recess in its top, the perforations of one series out of register with the perforations of the other series, whereby the entire area of wool passing below the spreader will come in contact with the oil in the spreader, oil supply ducts in the said casting communicating with the recess in the bar, and located below said cocks, a shaft supported above said box, crank arms on said shaft, links connecting the crank arms with the operating arms of the cocks, means for turning said shaft to simultaneously open and close the cocks, and plugs screwed through said box and regulating the passage through the cocks, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM J. MURRAY.

lVitnesses R. H. KRENKEL, CHAs. E. PoTTs.

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